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In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-10%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
-20%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny ...
-17%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-20%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
-15%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...
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The story of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks, the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. You're never too young to make a difference!
A Burmese tale about the daughter of an artisan who is nicknamed Princess Lacquer for her skill in the traditional methods of decorating objects. The tyrannical king forces her to work for him and she carves secret messages of her suffering in her artistic decoration.
Six colorful bilingual stories in one picture book. Each story is about a member of a boy's family -- mother, father, brother, sister, grandpa, and grandma.
When things don't go as planned on a visit to the park with his mom, Totti learns how to cope with negative emotions so the day and his mood aren't ruined.
Samy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is lost, how will he ever find him? And who will help him? Includes a guide for parents with ten tips to help their child overcome shyness.
Little Mole can't stand still. He races around. He gets distracted. He loses things. He breaks things ... he never stops! People say that he's rude, impatient, restless, useless, naughty, tiring and hyperactive. His parents are worried and his teacher is desperate. What can they do?
A picture book based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 1989 document written by the UN. Each page is based on a different article from the Convention. Topics include food and water, housing, gender, race, poverty and war.
Explores the life cycle of "stuff": materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores those stages in detail, including lots of ways...
A young girl loves to spin, and twirl, and turn -- just like her favorite top. It is the last straw, however, when she twirls right into her mom causing the cake to fall. Luckily, it's grandma to the rescue who teaches her to spin with control like a merry-go-round, the earth on its axis, and Sufis.
A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a little girl and her adventures with her fun-loving family. The text is fully vowelled for easier Arabic pronunciation by young readers.
When the Heffleys decide to escape the holidays and cold weather, they soon discover that an island paradise isn't as restful as they hoped.
A beautifully illustrated biography of the great Persian Muslim polymath who is considered one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age. He is known in the West as Avicenna and is most famous for his Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, the basis of modern medicine.